Table Of Contents

July/August 2006

Volume 2.  Number 6.  Issue 18

COVER STORY

Last Chance for the Shuttle?

NASA thinks they've fixed the foam problem, but doubts remain about the safety of the shuttle. Discovery's next flight will decide the fate of the entire programme.

By Jonathan Nally

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• Saturn's Millions of Moonlets

• New Angle on the Milky Way

• No UFOs Please: We're British

and more...

Skyscape

Turning one galaxy into five.

The Science of Gemini

Aussie astronomers are using two of the world's biggest telescopes to make remarkable discoveries.

Jekyll & Hyde Galaxies

Galaxies go through abrupt personality changes. And black holes are to blame.

By Robert Irion

The Dunes of Titan

It sounds like science fiction, but our Solar System really does have a dune world.

By Jonathan Nally

Rings of Fire

Strange yet beautiful, these nebulae glow like interstellar jewellery.

By Jonathan Nally

The Darkness

Eclipse chasers will go to any lengths to get a few minutes of darkness. Are they all mad?

By Peter Ward

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Southern Binocular Highlight

NGC 6067 on a Magic Carpet

By Les Dalrymple

Sun, Moon, and Planets

Dusk and Dawn Beacons

By Jonathan Nally

Tonight's Sky

Fireworks in Lupus

By Greg Bryant

Comets

Winter Challenges

By David Seargent

Occultations

Now You See It...

By Steve Kerr

Meteors

Five Times Lucky

By Adam Marsh

Exploring the Moon

The Moon's False Volcanoes

By Charles A. Wood

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

AS&T Test Report

Digital Image Processing

Easy and affordable software for your astrophotos.

By Alan Dyer

Books & Beyond

• A Forgotten Hero

• Copernicus and Modern Astronomy

and more...

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

First Light: For Beginners

Become a weatherwise stargazer

By Todd Gross

The Astronomy Scene

A star party under dark skies

By Perry Vlahos

Astrophotography

Use infrared to peer through galactic dust

By Don Goldman

Ask AS&T

• If the Universe is expanding, why are some galaxies heading our way?

• Do the planets ever line up on one side of the Sun?

• Scorpio or Scorpius: which is right?

Discoveries

Landing on the Moon and Mars

By David Ellyard

Activities

Gallery

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

United We Stand

By Jonathan Nally

Letters

• DIY Home Observatories

• Next Gen Oz Astronauts

and more...

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Data Pages

Focal Point

Like a First Kiss

By Darren Osborne

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